Metadata, which is data that describes data, used to be an overlooked component of data in the enterprise.  You may think of metadata as system information such as when a file was created, who owns it, how large it is or  its file type. You may not have paid much attention to it in the […]

Summer is well and truly here in the UK! I’m a bit of a summer grinch though so, unlike most people, I’m not crazy about “the glorious sun” scorching me when I’m out and about. On the upside, this provides the perfect excuse to retreat to the comfort of a well-ventilated room where I can […]

In the push to become data-driven, many organizations have modernized their infrastructure, but not their workflows. Cloud platforms now offer unprecedented scale, but data engineering still carries the weight of legacy baggage: brittle pipelines, hand-coded SQL transformations, and constant rework to unify fragmented records. Even as AI reshapes analytics and applications, the underlying data stack […]

Prompt engineering – the practice of carefully managing input to AI models – is a hot topic today. Organizations are realizing that optimizing prompts is a key step in getting the fastest, most accurate results from AI. Yet, too often, prompt engineering is essentially an ad hoc activity. It centers on manually iterating through different […]

Today, we’re announcing the general availability of Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) P6e-GB200 UltraServers, accelerated by NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 to offer the highest GPU performance for AI training and inference. Amazon EC2 UltraServers connect multiple EC2 instances using a dedicated, high-bandwidth, and low-latency accelerator interconnect across these instances. The NVIDIA Grace Blackwell Superchips connect […]

We really love builders at AWS. We’re constantly thinking of new ways to help technical communities thrive and create spaces like AWS Developer Center and community.aws where people can connect and share their knowledge and experiences. Today, we’re announcing AWS Builder Center, a new home for builders to access all builder resources, engage with the […]

In an era defined by constant technological evolution, businesses face increasing pressure to modernize their applications. Legacy systems, while foundational to enterprise infrastructure, can no longer keep pace with demands for scalability, agility, and innovation. AI is emerging as a pivotal force in accelerating application modernization, offering not only automation and optimization but also predictive […]

Today, we’re announcing the general availability of Oracle Database@AWS, a new offering for Oracle Exadata workloads, including Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) within AWS. In the past 14 years, customers had the choice of self-managing Oracle database workloads in the cloud using Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) or using fully managed Amazon Relational Database […]

It seems that for every yin, there is a yang. This is certainly true when organizations utilize multiple clouds: Every advantage they aim to achieve, such as greater flexibility, scalability, and access to specialized services, is matched by important challenges that may not have been fully anticipated. For example, implementing a multi-cloud strategy can mitigate […]

Every Monday we tell you about the best releases and blogs that caught our attention last week. This week I’m making an exception to include a release from today: Amazon Bedrock API keys. This new feature simplifies generative AI development by providing direct API authentication without needing to manually configure IAM principals and policies.Amazon Bedrock […]